Sonerila sahyadrica Giri & Nayar, Bull. Bot. Surv.

Sukumaran, Santhosh Kumar Ettickal & Filimban, Faten Zubair, 2021, Notes on the status of Sonerila kanjilasseriensis (Melastomataceae), Phytotaxa 527 (3), pp. 239-242 : 241-242

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Sonerila sahyadrica Giri & Nayar, Bull. Bot. Surv. View in CoL India 26 (3–4):175. 1986.( Figure 1 View FIGURE 1 & 2 View FIGURE 2 ).

Type: — India, Kerala, Kollam district, Pamba to Anathode , 1050 m, 30 September 1976, Vivekananthan 48344 (holo. CAL!) .

Sonerila kanjilasseriensis Arunraj, R. Reshma & Vishupr., Kew Bull. View in CoL 76(1): 77. 2021. Syn. nov.

Type: — INDIA, Kerala, Kozhikode distr., Chemanchery, Kanjilasseri , 11024 ’17” N 75043 ’53” E, 13 m, 1 Aug 2018, P. T . Arunraj & C. P . Visnuprasad 15362 (holo. TBGT!; iso. TBGT!) .

Additional Specimens Examined: — INDIA, Kerala, Kottayam distr., Kuttikkanam-Peerumedu , 24 September 1964, K . Vivekananthan 20307 ( MH!). Kozhikkode distr. , Kakkayam, 22 July 2019, E . S . Santhosh Kumar 85823 ( TBGT!); Kozhikkode distr. , Varavoor, 18 September 2019, Murugesan 92401 ( TBGT!). Thiruvananthapuram distr., Bonaccord, Deepthy & Usha 64184 ( TBGT!); ibid. 16 July 2019, E. S. Santhosh Kumar 67098 ( TBGT!); Chittar , 31 July 1997, S . Maya 26049 ( TBGT!); ibid 31 September 1997, S . Maya 26058 ( TBGT!); Kannankode , 30 June 1992, E . S . Santhosh Kumar & M . Abdul Jabbar 14433 ( TBGT!); Kottur Reserve Forests , 25 September 1973, J . Joseph 41970, 41973 ( MH!). Thrissur distr. , Vazhachal, 14 September 1996, A . G . Pandurangan & G . Rajkumar 30788 ( TBGT); ibid., 14 September 1996, A . G . Pandurangan & G . Rajkumar 30789 ( TBGT!); Athirappally , 25 September 2016, Deepthy & Usha 86413 ( TBGT!) .

Distribution: —Endemic to Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu (South India).

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CAL	Botanical Survey of India
N	Nanjing University
E	Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
P	Museum National d' Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN) - Vascular Plants
T	Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics
C	University of Copenhagen
TBGT	Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute
K	Royal Botanic Gardens
MH	Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel
S	Department of Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History
M	Botanische Staatssammlung München
J	University of the Witwatersrand
A	Harvard University - Arnold Arboretum
G	Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève